Cloud — architected for what you actually run.
Azure, AWS, Google Cloud. Architecture review, secure baselines from CIS benchmarks, cost optimization that holds up after the spreadsheet, migration planning that survives Monday morning.
Companies with production workloads in Azure, AWS, or GCP that have outgrown ad-hoc cloud admin and need a documented operating model — IAM, networking, monitoring, backup, FinOps cost discipline. Especially relevant before SOC 2 audit or M&A diligence.
Cloud engagement scope
Architecture review
Current-state diagram, dependency map, single-points-of-failure, regional posture. Compared against AWS Well-Architected / Azure Well-Architected / Google Cloud Architecture Framework.
CIS-benchmark baseline
Identity, logging, encryption, network exposure, storage policies — measured against the CIS Foundations Benchmark for your cloud(s). Findings register with evidence.
Cost optimization
Reserved-instance / savings-plan analysis, idle-resource reclamation, S3/Blob lifecycle policies, egress reduction. Typical savings 15-30% with no architecture compromise.
Identity + access governance
Role-based access, service-account hygiene, MFA on console + CLI, AWS Identity Center / Azure Entra ID / Google Cloud Identity tied to your IdP.
Network + edge
VPC / VNet design, transit gateways, Cloudflare or CloudFront / Azure Front Door / Cloud CDN, WAF rules, DDoS posture.
Migration planning
On-prem → cloud, cloud → cloud, or lift-and-improve. Cutover plan with rollback, dependency sequencing, change-window mapping.
Items below sit outside the scope of this service. Some are handled by separate EFROS engagements; others belong with your existing partners or in-house team.
- Custom application development or DevOps engineering
- Per-tenant cloud reseller agreements (procured through your cloud provider directly)
- Multi-tenant SaaS hosting (we operate single-tenant cloud architectures)
- Cryptocurrency or financial-trading workloads
IAM least-privilege, logging enabled across the control plane, network egress controls, and backup immutability collectively make the difference between a contained incident and a tenant-wide compromise. Cost discipline as a side effect.
Cloud security questionnaires (CSA CAIQ, SIG, custom) map directly to the controls produced — IAM review, logging retention, encryption at rest/in transit, backup validation. SOC 2 + ISO 27001 cloud-controls evidence pack comes out of the engagement.
Standard versions should be verified from the official source before contractual reliance.
Questions before we start.
We're on AWS but considering Azure — is this a migration?
Not necessarily. We start with the architecture review. Cloud migration is justified by specific business drivers — license cost, ecosystem fit, regulatory location, team skills. We surface the trade-offs before committing.
How much can we realistically save?
15-30% in the first 90 days is typical, depending on how much waste exists today. Larger savings come from architectural changes (e.g., serverless adoption, multi-region right-sizing) that take longer.
Do you handle multi-cloud?
Yes. Most engagements involve at least two clouds (Microsoft 365 + AWS, or Azure + Google Workspace). True multi-region multi-cloud is rare and usually overkill — we'll tell you when it isn't justified.
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